Biden and Xi discuss TikTok, South China Sea and de-risking in call

105-minute phone exchange comes ahead of first U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral

20240402 U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed progress on counternarcotics, military-to-military dialogue and artificial intelligence. (Source photos by Reuters and Yusuke Hinata)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

April 3, 2024 00:30 JST

Updated on April 3, 2024 04:41 JST

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping for nearly two hours Tuesday on a range of topics including TikTok ownership, tensions in the South China Sea and whether American sanctions against China amounted to de-risking or decoupling.